Bell



March 31, 1931. w. c. wo'oD 1,798, 4

- BELL,"

Filed. Noy'. s, 1930 Patented Mar. 31, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEWILLIAM C. WOOD, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE N; N.HILL BRASS COMPANY, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION BELLApplication filed November 8, 1930. Serial No. 494,278.

This invention relates to an improvement produce a second sound. As thisprojected in bells and particularly to bicycle bells, the end object ofthe invention being to produce a tion, bell with a striker adapted togive a sharp tion so that a r blow to the bell so as to produce thedesired the gong will be 1. A bell com ed therein, a st post, a single 1Fig. 1 is a plan view of a bell constructed supported by said carrier,on said post and adapted Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22either end of said striker, turning said striker-carrier. 1g. 3 is asectional View on the line 33 2. A bell comprisin ringing effect; andthe invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described andparticularly recited in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

in accordance with my invention;

of Fig. 1, enlarged;

of Fig. 2; trally mounted th Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the strikersaid post and formed Wit detached; projections, a

carrier and pinion, detached; and

r mounted the nally-movable striker Fig. 6 is an inside view of the belldetached. er and ad In carrying out my invention, I employ a tions andto be move base 10 which, if used as a bicycle bell, will and means forrota have one member 11 of a clip attached to it. 3. A

apted to engage wi comes in contact with the next projecit will bethrown in the opposite direcapid series of strokes upon prising a base,a post mountriker-carrier mounted on said ongitudinally-movable strikera gong mounted to be struck by and means for g a base, a post cena gongmounted on h a series of inward pinion mounted on said post, a

reon, a longitudisupported by said holdth said projecd longitudinallythereby, ting said striker-carrier. bell comprising a base, a centrally-Extending outward from the base is a post arranged post mounted therein,a gong clip-member 11.

through it of ends 18 and 19 of a longitudiwith a clearance-slot 21through which the post extends.

Mounted in the base upon a stud 22 is a lever 23 having a finger-piece24 formed at its inner end with a segmental rack 25 mesh ing with thepinion 14. The gong 13 is formed with a series of inwardly-turnedprojections 26 in linewith the ends 18 and 19 of the striker. Movementof the lever 23 will turn the striker-carrier 15 and one end of thestriker will engage with one of the projections 26 producing a sound andat the same time said projection throws the striker toward the oppositeside of the gong so as to 12 upon which the gong 13 is mounted. Thismounted on the outer end of said post and gong be riveted to the outerend of the formed with inward projection post or detachably connectedtherewith and, said post, a lever having a se if desired and as shown,the inner end of the engaging with said post may form the rivet forattaching the connect d with said up-turned slotted en Mounted upon thepost, within the base, is ends extending throug a pinion 1'4 and carriedby this pinion is a and also formed with a cleara yoke-like carrier 15having upwardly-turned post, and having its ends a ends 16 formed withslots 17 for the passage with the projections in the o In testimonnally-movable striker 20, which is formed specification.

s, a pinion on gmental rack WILLIAM G. WOOD.

